. >> scott keeter curtis hubbard. rick palacio. tonight mitt romney speaks at avon lake, ohio. you can see his comments tonight and a hot eastern on sees fit. joe biden was also in ohio earlier today. he campaigned in youngstown, where bill clinton. this was after obama canceled his advance because of the hurricane. you can see the vice president tonight at 8:35 eastern on c- span. now i looked at iowa, from this morning's "washington journal." it is 40 minutes. host: next, a look at the battleground state of iowa with a senior political writer, michael over. mike glover. iowa democratic chairman sue dvorsky, to look at democratic strategy is in that battleground state. we have not suffered the steps of the recession that other parts of the country have. the economy is less worse than in other places because the farm economy is darned good this year. commodity prices are up. land prices are up, and that has helped drive the economy in the right direction. there is not a lot of uncertainty in iowa. host: what are the top issues? guest: it depends on what group you are talking to